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PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01hrs Thursday 01 August 2013 Four new colleges for Scotland Twelve colleges across Scotland have today merged to form four new institutions, marking a major milestone in the sector’s regionalisation process. The four new colleges – Ayrshire College, Fife College, Glasgow Clyde College and West College Scotland – all have principals, new boards of management and are overseen by a regional lead. They will form part of the 13 new college regions in Scotland. John Henderson, chief executive of Colleges Scotland, said: “Colleges across Scotland have been working on mergers and the regionalisation project for almost two years now and today marks a major milestone. “The new colleges will serve communities across Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, Fife, Glasgow and Renfrewshire, providing invaluable services to their learners, employers and economies. “Each of the colleges should be congratulated for completing these mergers while carrying on with ‘business as usual’. “Regionalisation will be taken a further step forward by the end of the year with the creation of an additional four new colleges from mergers. The college sector is committed to delivering the very best for our learners and the Scottish economy.” The colleges still to merge include Cumbernauld and Motherwell colleges; John Wheatley, North Glasgow and Stow colleges; Aberdeen and Banff &Buchan colleges and Angus and Dundee Colleges.. ENDS Media contact: Sarah McDaid, Pagoda PR, 0131 556 0770/ [email protected] Notes to editors About the new colleges Today’s four new regional colleges have been formed through the merger of existing institutions. Please contact your local college’s marketing team for interview requests or for additional local information. Contact details available on request. Regional college Merged colleges Principal Ayrshire College Ayr College Heather Dunk James Watt College (Kilwinning campus) Kilmarnock College Fife College Adam Smith College, Hugh Logan Kirkcaldy Carnegie College, Dunfermline Elmwood College (non land- based element), Cupar Glasgow Clyde College (part Anniesland College Susan Walsh of Glasgow region) Cardonald College Langside College West College Scotland Clydebank College Audrey Cumberford James Watt College (Inverclyde campus) Reid Kerr College, Paisley .

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